Mohave County miner., 1887-12-24
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

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Of District Court in Pinal county.
Land in the Santa Cruz valley, opposite
Tucson, is selling for 40 to $3.50 per acre.
Tombstone boasts that it will soon
have the leading base ball club Of the
Territory.
The Champion says: We hear there
will soon be lodge Of Masons organized
In Flagstaff.
The Tempe News brags OF the fine
oranges raised in the gardens Of that
thriving place.
The Clifton Clarion says; II cost one
Of our well.kDown citizens SO to pull "a
pistol one day the past week.
Nine inches OF snow fell at Bowie
Station last Friday an unusual thing for
that section OF the Territory.
A Tucson lady, writing to friends in the
East, stated that Tucson, strictly speak
ing. was not a temperance town.
The location Of a new Fort on the west
ern border OF the San Carlos reservation.
near Globe, is assured, SO says the Silver
Belt.
The Southern Pacific Railroad paid into
the county treasury OF Yuma county last
Thursday go, 1885 as its taxes due that
county.
A temperance revival is now In progress
at Phoenix. The meetings are under the
direction OF Col. George Woodiord, the
noted temperance lecturer.
The money to build w. G. r. U. hall
at PhGnix was subscribed inside OF one
hour. The hall is TO cost %, 900 and will
be built as soon as possible.
General Wasson, formerly Surveyor
General OF the Territory. is now editor O.
the Chino Valley Champion, published al
Chino, San Bernardino county, Cal.
A severe s4nd storm visited the south
ern part OF the Territory last week. L.
some places the sand covered the railroad
track 10 the depth OF several inches.
The Yuma Sentinel says: Several bo-
lets oi lovely roses, pinks and tuberoses
son and Tombstone during the week.
Adolph Liebenow, who shot o married
woman at Phoenix, and who has had two
trials recently, was last week sentenced
to the Territorial prison ior i've years.
The Southern i'aciic has ordered ten
ten wheel freight engines for their Ari,
zona division. The new enginer, will be
larger and stronger than those now in use
Freight teams are at premium in
Wilcox. The forwarding merchants can.
not secure enough teams 70 move the
freight now on hand and expected there.
Hon. Levi Bsshford wa presented with
a duck, shot by Secretary Bayard few
days ago. and when ope ned by the cook
it was found to contain a fish nearly one
foot in length.
Miss Carrie Z. HoE ,kins has been ap.
pointed Deputy Recorder by Ed. j. +.
Horne. The Record er now employs two
bright and vivacious young lady deputies,
Miss Horne and Nj So Hopkins.
Miner
Lieut. Gushing, who for the past several
months has been examining the ancient
ruins in the Salt River valley, estimates
that his city Of Los Muertos, near Tempe,
supported population eleven centuries
ago Of over 100000.
MIR. W. G. Foster, just from Verde
valley. where he has not been before for
five years, tells US that since then farmers
have put up fine houses, made excellent
orchards and are, generally, happy and
in good circumstances Courier.
F. N. Seofiield one day last week picked
from trees on his place near Phenix,
planted year ago last spring, beautiful
ripe white figs, which have in no wise
been effected by cold weather. Semi.
tropical fruit in the middle of December is
a pretty good showing for any part Of the
United States.
A Tucson exchange says: There lie a
report here that 30 pAuch snow fell on the
sonora last night az to blockade trains.
As no Nogales or Tombstone mail came
In last night, some coloring OF truth Is
given to the report. Men coming in from
the east reported snow falling heavily in
the vicinity Of Benson.
Last week at Tombstone some one
filled several sticks of wood with powder
and put them In the woodpiIe OF Mrs.
Godfrey Tribolet. The holes IN the wood
were filed with putty and on being put in
the stove caused such a spluttering that
they were taken out and examined and
an explosion avoided.
The Phoenix Herald says a couple Of
gentlemen on their way TO town the
other day for supplies, came upon bunch
OF deer 10 the mountains north of Gillette
and out Of the bunch secured twelve.
which they brought to town and sold to
Murray & Co, the butchers, who have
the venison for sale to-day.
J. Il. Wright, who was arrested at Ell
Paso recently charged with having hand
in the many train robberies on the South
ern Pacific, had hearing before the u.
s. Commissioner at Tucson this week.
He was discharged for want of evidence,
but was held to appear as a witness
against other indicted parties.
On the 2sth ult. Alfred J. Moss, private